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Grammar detail: ことができる

ことができる - can do
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ことができる
or the more polite
ことができます
expresses the idea that you are able to do something.
にほんご
日本語
を
はな
話
すことができますか。
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This construction is essentially the same as the potential form of a verb. This construction is often taught before the potential because it is simpler to use - just add ことができる to the dictionary form of any verb.
ことができる formverb potential formmeaning
い
行
くことができる
い
行
ける		I can go
た
食
べることができます
た
食
べられます		I can eat (it)
Although most native speakers consider the expressions equivalent, some describe a subtle difference between the two forms (see the link below for a discussion).
Note that the verb before ことができる uses the present tense, even if the action described is in the past. The tense of the sentence is determined by the tense of できる.
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  • https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2689/ことができる-versus-vえる-form ⇗

Kanji used in this grammar

行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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